The original post: /r/television by /u/Flimsy_Big7991 on 2026-05-26 06:13:13+00:00.
It’s a rare phenomenon but the power of editing means that nobody is safe!
I was reading up on some interviews of Daredevil Born Again and it was super interesting reading up on how Daniel was originally spared in his final confrontation with Buck but it was decided during editing that they should die and so they added a digital fatal gunshot to an angle they’d already filmed. Quick and clean.
I was reminded of The Expanse, how Cas Anvar was fired between Season 5 and Season 6 for misconduct. Though they did reshoot the Season 5 ending to acknowledge the character’s death, they elected not to bring him back to film said death scene and we got a glorious floating png with some digital blood to invoke a space stroke.
A fascinating subject to me, can anyone think of other instances?
Edit: Sorry lads, most answers here are actors dying/departing the show in between seasons which usually leaves their characters off screen death to be decided in Pre-Production. Not really the same!